Tampa Bay Area, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Tampa Bay Area's primary NOAA station, TAMPA BAY AREA WFO.
The climate verdict for Tampa Bay Area
Warm-season cooling demand defines Tampa Bay Area, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 73°F. August is the warmest month at 82°F and January the coldest at 61°F.
- 73°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 53.6"
- annual precipitation
Tampa Bay Area: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00088782 · Tampa Bay Area, FL 73°F mean · 53.6" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 73°F
- RANK-WARM #6,655
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Orlando
- PRCP-WET 53.6"
- SWING-NARROW 21°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-COOL 3,477 CDD
- STN-1 USC00088782
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Orlando, FL ( -0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every FL station list.
- Tampa Bay Area (this station) 73°F
- Cold Parrish, FL 73°F
- Near Orlando, FL 73°F
- Near Archbold Bio, FL 73°F
- Near Tarpon Spgs Sew…, FL 73°F
Tampa Bay Area sits in Florida, the #1 hottest U.S. state at 72.6°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Tampa Bay Area
Tampa Bay Area: 70/100 · grade B
Tampa Bay Area publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Tampa Bay Area, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 73.1°F · 5.6° from 67.5°F | 83/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 94 calendar days | 78/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 53.6 in · 18.6 from 35 in | 34/100 · F |
Tampa Bay Area · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Tampa Bay Area is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 61.2°F and warmest-month mean 82.4°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 82.4°F
- Coldest month
- 61.2°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · cooling-led station
Where Tampa Bay Area sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Tampa Bay Area's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 3% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Tampa Bay Area sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 13% wettest
- Tampa Bay Area's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 96%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Tampa Bay Area is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Tampa Bay Area's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 42 complete annual observations from 1978 to 2025, TAMPA BAY AREA WFO warmed at a fitted rate of 0.35°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Tampa Bay Area primary station fitted change +0.35 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72°F (22°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 2.7" | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 75°F (24°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.2" | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 78°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| April | 83°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.7" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| May | 88°F (31°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 7.9" | 0.0 | 17.9 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 8.2" | 0.0 | 22.0 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 8.8" | 0.0 | 23.0 |
| September | 90°F (32°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 7.7" | 0.0 | 17.7 |
| October | 85°F (30°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| November | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| December | 74°F (23°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.6" | 0.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Tampa Bay Area runs from a mild 50°F around January 14 to 91°F at the peak near July 29, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 14 through September 15, covering 94 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 1 to December 31.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 50°F around January 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 17, when 57% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 10 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 113 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Tampa Bay Area.
Where Tampa Bay Area Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 94 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 54 inches.
Tampa Bay Area earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
6.9 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
14.6 days with precipitation
17.3 days with precipitation
17.1 days with precipitation
13.6 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
Tampa Bay Area runs a summer-peaked wet season
46% of Tampa Bay Area's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is August at 8.8", on an unusually narrow 21.2°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: August, July, June, taking 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: November at 2.0".
- Winter share: 14% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
When it rains in Tampa Bay Area, it arrives in quantity
53.6" of precipitation falls across only about 112 wet days here, averaging 0.48 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 112 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.48 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 17
- Fewest wet days
- November, about 5
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
January 9
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 20
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
499
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,477
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Tampa Bay Area on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (73°F here).
- Robstown, TX 73°F · 0.0°F off
- Tacna, AZ 73°F · 0.0°F off
- Corpus Christi, TX 73°F · 0.1°F off
- Imperial, CA 73°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (53.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Mahanoy City, PA 53.6" · 0.0" off
- Alamo, TN 53.6" · 0.0" off
- Yemassee, SC 53.6" · 0.0" off
- Pine Bluff, AR 53.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Tampa Bay Area's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Tampa Bay Area. Cooling totals 3,477 degree days, more than double the 499 heating measure, and the 21.2°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 53.6 inches of precipitation at Tampa Bay Area. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Tampa Bay Area's 21.2°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 73°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Tampa Bay Area. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Tampa Bay Area's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For Tampa Bay Area that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Tampa Bay Area's primary station: TAMPA BAY AREA WFO (USC00088782). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Tampa Bay Area; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Tampa Bay Area comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.